Big Men

World Documentary Competition

World Premiere

USA | 99 MINUTES | English, Ijaw, Twi | English subtitles

BIG MEN

Female Director(s), Documentary
In Ghana, a small American energy company fights to hold onto its discovery of oil just as a new government comes into power. In Nigeria, where oil has already been discovered, the ramifications of the oil industry have taken their toll on the people, most notably those in the Niger Delta who have seen none of the benefits of this new wealth. As the American company falls under the scrutiny of the new Ghanaian government and the U.S. Justice Department, the contracts for the oil field languish. Jobs are lost, power plays are made and all the while, the Ghanaian people wait to reap the benefits. In the Niger Delta, pipelines are attacked and set on fire as militants continue to demand more of the wealth from their government. With unprecedented access and an unflinching eye, Big Men takes us deep into the African oil industry in Ghana and Nigeria, delivering an exposé on the ambition, greed and corruption that threaten to exacerbate Africa’s resource curse and leave more of its citizens behind.

—Vivian Tse

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Rachel Boynton

RACHEL BOYNTON produced and directed the documentary feature Our Brand Is Crisis, winner of the International Documentary Association's Best Feature Documentary Award and named to multiple "Best of 2006" lists. Her other credits include Pageant Perfect and work on the features Well-Founded Fear and People Like Us: Social Class in America.
Director
Rachel Boynton
Screenwriter
Rachel Boynton
Producer
Rachel Boynton
Editor
Seth Bomse
Cinematographer
Jonathan Furmanski
Executive Producer
Steven Shainberg, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Dan Cogan, Diana Barrett, Jim Swartz, Susan Swartz, Christina Weiss Lurie, Jeffrey Lurie, Rick Rosenthal
Composer
Nathan Larson

CONTACTS

US Sales Contact
Josh Braun
Submarine Entertainment
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212 625 1410
josh@submarine.com
Print Source
Rachel Boynton
Boynton Films
New York, 10011
boyntonfilms@aol.com
International Sales Contact
Jan Rofekamp
Films Transit International
Ville Lorraine, J6Z 4K9
Phone: 514 844 3358
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Press Contact
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Daniels Murphy Communications
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212 414 0408
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